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| moon23 |
Posted - 30/08/2007 : 13:09:04
A protester who dared to express their distaste of the Iraq war outside the houses of parilment has been sent to jail for 14 days.
A new low for British democracy.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/23/nprotest123.xml |
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| FUBAR |
Posted - 31/08/2007 : 14:31:24
Why would you think that you have the right to protest? If people wanted to protest that the war in iraq was a just and correct thing to do will you fight for their rights as well, or do protest rights depend on the protesters agreeing with your views..... |
| moon23 |
Posted - 31/08/2007 : 13:49:24
quote:
Originally posted by Daveb
What makes you think you have the right to protest in a democracy?
We do not live a democracy. The government may be elected but as we have said before the government actually receive less than half the votes cast, usually about 38%.
They are generally elected on lies and then ignore the voters for four years.
No we do not live in a democracy you are right, but if the politicans keep telling us this is a democracy then we have every right to demand the liberties that go with the ideal. |
| Daveb |
Posted - 30/08/2007 : 19:46:46
What makes you think you have the right to protest in a democracy?
We do not live a democracy. The government may be elected but as we have said before the government actually receive less than half the votes cast, usually about 38%.
They are generally elected on lies and then ignore the voters for four years. |
| Miriam Binder |
Posted - 30/08/2007 : 17:21:41
Seems to me as if he was deliberately provoking this situation. There have been other people who have protested and some still do ... long term. |
